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Sara Bareilles Returns With New Album and Headline Tour Across North America This Fall
GRAMMY-winning, Tony and Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter and Epic Records recording artist Sara Bareilles sets her new album, Good Grief, for August 28—presave/preorder HERE. Alongside the announcement, Bareilles is debuting the album’s first single, “Home”—listen/share HERE. Bareilles will also make her long-awaited return to the stage this fall for her deeply personal Good Grief Tour, promoted by Live Nation.
Good Grief marks Bareilles’ seventh studio album and her first since 2019’s Grammy-winning Amidst the Chaos, opening a new chapter to her 20-year career. True to its title, the 14-track collection is a reckoning with loss, yet even its darkest moments are threaded with an insistent, luminous pull toward hope.
“This whole collection of songs felt like transmissions rather than a deliberate attempt to make sense of the world,” says Bareilles. “My deepest hope is that Good Grief provides some kind of comfort or catharsis.”
“Home,” the album’s first single, was inspired by a conversation between Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper about grief and loss on Cooper’s podcast. Bareilles shares, “It feels like an invitation and a tone setter for the specificity and depth of this record. It just feels really essential right now. In order for us as humans to really know and understand each other, we have to listen to each other’s stories.”
Bareilles will also make her long-awaited return to the stage this fall for her deeply personal Good Grief Tour. Kicking off September 9 in Boston, this trek marks a triumphant new chapter for an artist at the height of her storytelling powers. The shows promise a blend of raw, vulnerable new tracks from Good Grief, alongside songs that have defined her career and connection to fans. Bringing her signature wit and authenticity to iconic theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and more, Bareilles hopes to invite fans into an intimate space of connection, truth-telling, joy and some good grief. Tickets will be available starting with artist, Verizon and CITI pre-sales on Monday, June 8 (details below for exact times), with general onsale beginning on Wednesday, June 10 at 10 A.M. local time. See below for full tour routing and visit sarabmusic.com for more information.
Good Grief spans remarkable thematic ground, all of it rooted in Bareilles’ own experience—from intimate tributes to lost friends, to defiant anthems for women’s rights, to unexpected moments of lightness found in the darkest of times. Produced by Bareilles herself, the album was mostly recorded over six days at Dreamland Recording Studios in Woodstock, NY, alongside a band of longtime collaborators: drummer Charley Drayton, guitarist Butterfly Boucher, keyboardist Misty Boyce, bassist Solomon Dorsey, multi-instrumentalist Rob Moose and co-producer, recording engineer and mixer Jonathan Low. Later sessions took place alongside co-producer Aaron Dessner at his Long Pond Studios in the Hudson Valley, NY, with assists from engineer and mixer Bella Blasko. The collection also features contributions from Brandi Carlile, Andrea Gibson, Ingrid Michaelson, Joe Tippett and Megan Falley.
The making of the album was captured in the documentary, Sara Bareilles: Good Grief, which will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival this week. The film offers an intimate, unfiltered portrait of Bareilles’ return to the recording studio with close friends for the first time in seven years—a cinematic document of her creative process that becomes a profoundly personal, ultimately hopeful meditation on loss, grief and the power of music to heal. A masterclass in creativity, community and vulnerability, the documentary serves as a reminder of music’s extraordinary power to connect us to ourselves and to each other.
The album, tour and documentary add to a landmark year for Bareilles. Her song “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet,” co-written with Brandi Carlile and the late poet and activist Andrea Gibson, appears in the Peabody Award-winning documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, on which Bareilles also serves as executive producer. The song was shortlisted for Best Original Song and the film for Best Documentary at the 98th Academy Awards. The track also appears on Good Grief.
Bareilles is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, producer, activist, and New York Times best-selling author. A two-time GRAMMY winner, she has also earned three Tony and three Primetime Emmy nominations. Bareilles has sold more than three million albums and 15 million singles in the U.S., with over 3.5 billion streams worldwide. On Broadway, Bareilles composed the music and lyrics for Waitress, later stepping into the lead role both on Broadway and the West End. Her additional theater credits include her Tony-nominated performance as the Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods and a song on the Tony Award-nominated score for SpongeBob SquarePants. Her on-screen work includes an Emmy Award-nominated performance as Mary Magdalene in NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live! and her role as Dawn Solano in the Emmy-nominated musical comedy series Girls5eva. She is also currently developing a musical theater adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling novel The Interestings.
SARA BAREILLES—GOOD GRIEF
- Home
- Just a Kid
- Still Crying
- A Love Story
- Hands Off My Body
- Ladies In A Line
- Heartland
- Capsize Me
- Nervous Breakdown
- Idiot Heart
- Say Leave
- Salt Then Sour Then Sweet (feat. Brandi Carlile)
- Forever
- Wind Is the Weather
SARA BAREILLES LIVE
September 9—Boston, MA—MGM Music Hall at Fenway
September 12—Washington, D.C.—The Anthem
September 15—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall
September 18—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall
September 21—Philadelphia, PA—The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
September 24—Atlanta, GA—Fox Theatre
September 25—Cincinnati, OH—Taft Theatre
September 27—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre
September 30—Minneapolis, MN—Orpheum Theatre
October 2—St. Louis, MO—Stifel Theatre
October 4—Denver, CO—Bellco Theatre
October 6—Austin, TX—Bass Concert Hall
October 7—Houston, TX—The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
October 12—Los Angeles, CA—Dolby Theatre
October 13—Los Angeles, CA—Dolby Theatre
October 16—San Francisco, CA—Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
October 19—Seattle, WA—The Paramount Theatre
PRESALE INFORMATION
ARTIST PRESALE: To participate in the Sara Bareilles artist presale on Monday, June 8 at 12 P.M. local time you must sign up at sarabmusic.com.
CITI: Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Monday, June 8 at 10 A.M local time until Tuesday, June 9 at 10 P.M. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
VERIZON: Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for the Sara Bareilles Good Grief Tour in the U.S – no strings attached, simply for being a Verizon customer. The presale for select shows runs from Monday, June 8 at 10 A.M local time to Tuesday, June 9 at 10 P.M local time. Visit myAccess in the My Verizon app for more details. Learn more about Verizon Access here.
CHARITY INFORMATION
The Jed Foundation
Sara Bareilles has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket sold will be contributed by Live Nation to help protect emotional health and prevent suicide among teens and young adults through The Jed Foundation. No portion of the purchase price is tax-deductible. plus1.org | jedfoundation.org
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
100% of net proceeds from the Good Grief Tour VIP Upgrade Packages will benefit NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. These funds will help NAMI continue to provide free education, support programs, advocacy, and resources to individuals and families affected by mental health conditions. For more information, visit https://www.nami.org/.
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Noah Kahan Announces a 31-Date Stadium run as part of The Last Of The Bugs World Tour
After a landmark year with his critically acclaimed #1 album and sold-out world tour, 2x GRAMMY®-nominated, multi-platinum artist Noah Kahan is stepping onto the biggest stages of his career. Following this year’s sold-out The Great Divide World Tour, Kahan announces his biggest global headline tour to date: a 31-date stadium run as part of The Last Of The Bugs World Tour. For the first time in his career, after selling out baseball stadiums across the U.S., he’ll bring his music to even bigger stadiums across North America, Europe, and the U.K.
The North American leg of The Last Of The Bugs World Tour, promoted by Live Nation, kicks off April 24th at Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA, and stops at major stadiums across the U.S. and Canada, including Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, and East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium. It will also bring the beloved New Englander home for four nights to Boston’s Fenway Park, following his record-breaking, sold-out four consecutive show run this summer and induction into the Fenway Music Hall of Fame. Following the North American dates, Kahan will head to Europe and the U.K. to continue his stadium run overseas, including stops at Berlin’s Waldbühne, Seville’s Plaza de España, Paris’ Hippodrome ParisLongchamp, and more, as well as three previously announced nights at London’s Wembley Stadium.
See the full list of dates for The Last Of The Bugs World Tour below.
TICKETS (FOR NORTH AMERICA ONLY): To participate in the Noah Kahan Artist Presale on Tuesday, November 10th at 12pm local time you must sign up HERE by Thursday, November 5th at 11:59pm ET. Artist Presales for this tour are hosted by multiple ticketing sites, but anyone who signs up can join the sale. For Artist Presales on Ticketmaster, no code is needed – access is tied to your account. Artist Presales hosted on other sites may require a code for access. Working in partnership with Ticketmaster, extra protections will be in place to help block bad actors from signing up for the Artist Presale. Some fans may be asked to complete a quick selfie check, or in rare cases, provide an ID via Persona to sign up. Find out more about security checks HERE.
CANCELLED CITI FIELD TICKETHOLDERS PRESALE (FOR METLIFE ONLY): For the fans who had purchased tickets to the The Great Divide Citi Field July 18th, 2026 show that was canceled, you will have an opportunity to access an exclusive presale for the upcoming June 18th, MetLife Stadium show. To access the presale, tickets must have been originally purchased through Ticketmaster or Face Value Exchange, and you must use the native email connected to the Citi Field tickets. Cancelled Citi Field Ticketholders Presale will take place on Tuesday, November 10th from 9am – 11am local time.
RESERVED BY SPOTIFY (FOR NORTH AMERICA ONLY): The Reserved by Spotify presale will take place on Wednesday, November 11th at 9am local time. Noah Kahan Reserved by Spotify tickets may be available to eligible U.S. Spotify Premium subscribers through Ticketmaster. These fans will be notified by Spotify via email and app notification, and will have the opportunity to purchase up to two tickets during the Reserved presale.
FACE VALUE EXCHANGE (FOR NORTH AMERICA ONLY): Noah Kahan is using Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange to help fans get tickets at the original price. Tickets purchased on Ticketmaster will be non-transferable and can only be resold on Ticketmaster at face value. In New York where laws prevent resale restrictions, tickets can be transferred, but Ticketmaster will still honor Noah Kahan’s terms by keeping resale prices at face value on its site.
TICKETS (FOR EUROPE ONLY): Tickets for the European dates will first be available through an artist presale via Laylo, beginning Tuesday, November 10th at 12pm local time. Fans can sign up HERE by Monday, November 9th at 5pm local time to access the presale.
GENERAL ON SALE (ALL DATES): Remaining tickets will be available via the general on sale starting Thursday, November 12th at 12pm local time at NoahKahan.com/pages/tour.
MASTERCARD PREFERRED TICKETS (FOR NORTH AMERICA ONLY): As part of his ongoing collaboration with Mastercard, Noah Kahan fans can get closer to the music and live experiences they love, with eligible cardholders able to access Preferred Tickets for select North American dates on The Last Of The Bugs World Tour through The Mastercard Collection. Mastercard gave fans a special sneak peek and teased the tour announcement during their World Series commercial earlier this week.
Next week, Kahan kicks off the sold-out U.K. and European leg of The Great Divide World Tour, following fully sold-out North American, Australian, and New Zealand dates this summer. The Great Divide World Tour sold more than 1.8 million tickets worldwide and earned Kahan the highest-ranked debut on Pollstar’s LIVE75 chart.
Kahan’s The Great Divide has emerged as a major GRAMMY-season contender, as the record has appeared on every major prediction list for “Album Of The Year,” “Record Of The Year,” and “Song Of The Year” from Billboard, Rolling Stone, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and HITS Daily Double. The recognitions follow his recent cover story in Billboard’s 2026 GRAMMY Preview Issue, GRAMMY Museum interview and performance, CBS Sunday Morning interview, and Zane Lowe interview.
In addition, his critically acclaimed Netflix documentary Noah Kahan: Out of Body recently entered Letterboxd’s Top 50 Documentaries list, following its SXSW 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award win and a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kahan’s momentum also continues on the charts, as he remains the only artist to have two albums chart in the Billboard 200 Top 10 for the past six consecutive weeks: the 5x Platinum-certified Stick Season and Platinum-certified The Great Divide.
Kahan’s new song “Draw You Out” was recently released as the lead single for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Album). Upon release, the track debuted at #1 on Spotify Top Songs Debut USA Chart. The full soundtrack will arrive on November 13th, with The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping releasing in theaters on November 20th.
THE LAST OF THE BUGS WORLD TOUR DATES:
April 24th – Athens, GA – Sanford Stadium
April 27th – Birmingham, AL – Protective Stadium
April 29th – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium
May 4th – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium
May 6th – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium
May 9th – Norman, OK – Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
May 12th – Houston, TX – Reliant Stadium
May 15th – Austin, TX – Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
May 19th – San Francisco, CA – Levi’s Stadium
May 21st – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium
May 26th – Madison, WI – Camp Randall Stadium
May 29th – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
May 30th – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
June 1st – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
June 2nd – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
June 5th – Columbus, OH – Ohio Stadium
June 10th – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
June 12th – Buffalo, NY – Highmark Stadium
June 15th – Montréal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau
June 18th – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
July 1st – Groningen, NL – Stadspark
July 2nd – Berlin, DE – Waldbühne
July 4th – Milan, IT – I-Days
July 7th – Seville, ES – Plaza de España
July 10th – Paris, FR – Hippodrome ParisLongchamp
July 13th – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park (Already Announced)
July 17th – Dublin, IE – Aviva Stadium (Already Announced | SOLD OUT)
July 18th – Dublin, IE – Aviva Stadium (Already Announced)
July 23rd – London, UK – Wembley Stadium (Already Announced | SOLD OUT)
July 24th – London, UK – Wembley Stadium (Already Announced | SOLD OUT)
July 25th – London, UK – Wembley Stadium (Already Announced)
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U2 Announces U.K. + Europe Tour Dates For Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour 2027
Live Nation has today announced U.K. and Europe dates for Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth, a world tour that will see Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. return to select stadiums in 2027 and beyond.
The 2027 European leg will kick off in Stockholm on April 26th – with support from Wolf Alice – and will visit Amsterdam, Berlin, Lisbon, Milan and Paris; plus UK shows also announced for London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium; with dates for Spain to be announced soon.
With the first run of shows selling out instantly and additional dates added in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires due to popular demand; 2027 dates for North America are set to be announced in the coming weeks.
U2 recently celebrated the band’s 50th anniversary on Friday 25th September with a lunchtime show for students and teachers at their old school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, as well as a very special surprise performance on Dublin’s Grafton Street. With plans for The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour already in the works for 2028, the band is looking ahead to their all-important return home to Ireland. The Edge said – “We can’t say too much about the next leg of The Greatest Show On Earth – we’re still figuring it out – but what we can say is, we’ll be wrapping it up in Ireland. There’s nowhere else we’d want to be for that party.”
CARNAVAL DE LUZ PRESENTS: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH WORLD TOUR
U.K. + EUROPE – 2027 DATES
**with support from Wolf Alice
April 26 STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Strawberry Arena**
April 28 STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Strawberry Arena**
May 05 PARIS, France – Stade de France**
May 08 PARIS, France – Stade de France**
May 27 LISBON, Portugal – Estadio da Luz**
June 05 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Johan Cruijff ArenA**
June 06 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Johan Cruijff ArenA**
June 18 LONDON, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium**
June 19 LONDON, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium**
June 30 BERLIN, Germany – Olympiastadion**
July 05 MILAN, Italy – Stadio San Siro**
July 06 MILAN, Italy – Stadio San Siro**
LATIN AMERICA – 2027 DATES
*with support from Beck
February 23 MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros* – SOLD-OUT
February 26 MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros* – SOLD-OUT
February 28 MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros* – SOLD-OUT
March 2 MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros* – NEW DATE
March 10 SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS* – SOLD-OUT
March 12 SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS* – SOLD-OUT
March 14 SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS* – SOLD-OUT
March 16 SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS* – NEW DATE
March 23 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Estadio River Plate* – SOLD-OUT
March 25 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Estadio River Plate* – SOLD-OUT
March 27 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Estadio River Plate* – NEW DATE
“The Greatest Show on Earth”? Now that’s a throwdown. It’s a dare, to ourselves as much as anyone, to try and have the best night of anybody’s life.
A bit of showman, a bit of shaman, a riot of colour, unreasonable guitar, bass and drums, and tunes you can hold onto.
Because if people are gonna show up, we certainly are.”
Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry
A new track titled ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ is out now. Co-written by U2 and Brian Eno, it is the third single to be taken from Carnaval De Luz. A story of lovers fighting to keep faith in each other – and faith itself. The video is directed by Anton Corbijn and was shot in the Californian desert; it satirizes the band as a religious cult where women do all the heavy lifting. Watch HERE. Listen HERE.
Acknowledged as one of the best live acts in the world, U2 has always – since their earliest days, including the industry-defining ZOO TV Tour which broke the mold in 1991 – consistently pushed the boundaries of live performance, with ground-breaking stage shows that embrace the latest in technology and innovation, most recently with one of the band’s most ambitious creative projects to date, a sold-out run of 40 history-making, future-defining shows at Sphere, Las Vegas. Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour marks U2’s return to a stadium setting for a performance spectacle embracing human connection and intimacy at a grand scale, with a set list drawn from across the band’s entire catalogue; the band’s first stadium dates since wrapping the acclaimed The Joshua Tree Tour at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on December 15th, 2019, the final stop on a tour which saw U2 play to almost 3 million fans around the world.
Tickets for the U.K. and European dates for Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour will first be available via U2.com Subscriber Presale commencing on Monday, November 2 at 10am local time.
Visa is proud to be an Official Sponsor of Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour.
Visa cardholders will have access to presale tickets in the EU and UK from Wednesday 4 November at 10 a.m. local time until 10 p.m. the same day, while supply lasts. Cardholders can purchase tickets via visa.com/u2 during the presale window.
Frank Cooper, Visa’s Chief Marketing Officer, said: “Few artists have achieved what U2 has: the rare ability to remain iconic across generations, cultures and continents. Their music transcends time and place, bringing people together through a shared sense of possibility, connection and belonging. At Visa, we believe in the power of experiences to connect us to one another and to the world around us. We’re excited to partner with U2 on The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour, giving fans access to the show and working with U2 and fan communities to create moments that matter.”
An Artist Presale will begin on Thursday, November 5 (details below). Remaining tickets will be available during the general onsale starting Friday, November 6 at 10am local time at U2.com.
To participate in the U2 Artist Presale on Thursday, November 5 at 10am local time, you must sign up HERE by Sunday, November 1 at 10:59pm GMT / 11:59pm CET. Artist Presales for this tour are hosted by multiple ticketing sites but anyone who signs up can join the sale. For Artist Presales on Ticketmaster, no code is needed – access is tied to your account. Artist Presales hosted on other sites may require a code for access. Working in partnership with Ticketmaster, extra protections will be in place to help block bad actors from signing up for the Artist Presale. Some fans may be asked to complete a quick selfie check, or in rare cases, provide an ID via Persona to sign up. Find out more about security checks here.*
*The Lisbon date will not be accessible via the Artist Presale.